Bouquet-holder



(No Model.)

M L. OARDELL.

BOUQUET HOLDER. No. 314,426. Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

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- I ATTORNEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MORTON L. OARDELL, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

BOUQUET-HOLDER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,4:26, dated March24, 1885. Application filed October 27, 1884. (No model To all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, MORTON L. CARDELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hancock, in the county of Houghton and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBouquet-Hold ers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of mydevice for holding flowers or bouquets. side view of the same, and Fig.3 is a sectional View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to portable bouquet-holders adapted to be wornupon the person; and it consists in the construction of the same, whichWill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

My improved bouquet-holder may be made of glass, metal, or any othersuitable material, and of any desired size, according to whether it isto be used for a boutonniere on a gentlemans coat, or for a largerbouquet adapted to be worn in the waistband of a ladys dress and itconsists, essentially, of an ornamental vessel or receptacle,A,onesideof which is constructed with a spring or spring-lip, B, which isbent so as to form a bead, O. The'other side of the vessel A isconstructed with a smaller outwardly-projecting lip, D. An elastic, E,is inserted through the bead O and held there Fig. 2 is 'pearance.

in, its other end passing under the projecting lip B. The bottom of thevessel or receptacle A is filled with raw cotton, asbestus, or someother suitable absorbing material, which is soaked with water, so as tokeep the stems of the flowers moist and yet prevent spilling of thefluid. The flowers are held in place by means of the elastic band E,which is sprung over the stems, as shown in the drawings, and the devicemay be fastened to the button-hole in the lapel of a coat or to a ladysbelt by means of the downwardly-projecting spring hook or lip B. Thisdevice can be made of glass or metal at a very small cost, and may bemade, if desired, of avery ornamental ap- It may be made of gold,silver, or other precious material, embellished by engraving or byprecious stones, so that it will form a handsome ornament and valuablegift.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The bouquet-holder herein shown anddescribed, consisting of the vessel A, having the lip D, and thespring-lip B, bent to form the bead O, and a downwardly-projecting hook,

and provided with an elastic band, E, substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON- L. OARDELL.

Witnesses MIOHAEL FINN, ALFRED PERso.

